Craig_Beckham

Jake is the firstborn in his family, and he is about to undertake the challenge of a lifetime. Along with fifty other 'first-born' students, he must take Feldspar Academy's mysterious exit exam. 

He will have to design a new world; full of wonder and promise, where the only limit will be his imagination. 

The pressure is crippling; he alone holds power over where his family and friends will live out the rest of their lives. If he fails, then everyone who he has ever loved will be doomed to try and survive his creation, whether it is finished or not.

Please be advised that this is a fast-paced novel, with a plot that spans many realms.

Brockwing Vale

The console to my left started ringing; its dial tone sounded like someone mashing their fingers against the same key of a poorly tuned piano. How the hell do I turn this thing off?

I must have pressed every button around it before finding the right one, then a holographic image of Hilgarda appeared, sprouting out of the machine like a fabled genie from its lamp. 'Finally, I've been calling for ages! I wanted to see how your first launch went?'

I waved my arms in frustration. 'Take-off is still ongoing; we can't seem to shed enough mass to increase altitude. Can you see this?' I pulled one of the video screens out as far as it could go.

Hilgarda's jaw dropped. 'You haven't disengaged the portside cannons, and those things weigh a ton. Let me guess, every time you go to pile on the speed, your angle of ascent is off by about thirty-five degrees?'

Never Trust An Uvaaaru